Implantable intravascular access system
First Claim
1. An implantable, catheter obturator controller manifold for use with an implantable intravascular catheter including a lumen having a normal state and an expanded state, an obturator, and an obturator plenum having an inflated state and a contracted state, wherein the lumen can be closed or opened when it is in its normal state by hydraulically actuating the expansion or contraction of the obturator plenum, wherein when the obturator plenum is expanded to its inflated state, the lumen is substantially blocked by the obturator when the lumen is in its normal state such that substantially no fluid can pass through the lumen, the manifold comprising:
- (a) a housing;
(b) first entry means for entering the housing;
(c) receiving means for receiving the catheter in the housing; and
(d) actuating means for hydraulically actuating the contraction or expansion of the obturator plenum, said actuating means including;
(i) a manifold chamber within the housing in fluid communication with the catheter, said manifold chamber including at least two subchambers separated from each other, a fluid pathway subchamber adapted for fluid communication with the lumen of the catheter and the first entry means, and a hydraulic fluid subchamber in fluid communication with the obturator plenum;
said fluid pathway subchamber and said hydraulic fluid subchamber being expandable and contractible; and
(ii) an amount of a hydraulic fluid effective to actuate the expansion and contraction of the obturator plenum, said fluid being adapted to be contained within the hydraulic fluid subchamber and the obturator plenum, and said amount of fluid being sufficient to allow the obturator to effectively block the lumen when the lumen is in its normal state and the obturator is expanded to its inflated state.
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Abstract
An implantable intravascular access system, including an implantable, catheter obturator controller manifold for use with an implantable intravascular catheter. The catheter includes a lumen, having an expanded state and a normal state, an obturator, and an obturator plenum having an inflated state and a contracted state. The lumen can be closed or opened by hydraulically actuating the expansion or contraction of the obturator plenum when the lumen is in its normal state. When the obturator plenum is expanded to its inflated state, the obturator substantially blocks the lumen such that substantially no fluid can pass through the lumen when the lumen is in its normal state. The manifold comprises a housing, a receiving mechanism for receiving the catheter, an actuating mechanism for hydraulically actuating the expansion or contraction of the plenum, and a first entry mechanism for entering the housing.
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26 Claims
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1. An implantable, catheter obturator controller manifold for use with an implantable intravascular catheter including a lumen having a normal state and an expanded state, an obturator, and an obturator plenum having an inflated state and a contracted state, wherein the lumen can be closed or opened when it is in its normal state by hydraulically actuating the expansion or contraction of the obturator plenum, wherein when the obturator plenum is expanded to its inflated state, the lumen is substantially blocked by the obturator when the lumen is in its normal state such that substantially no fluid can pass through the lumen, the manifold comprising:
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(a) a housing; (b) first entry means for entering the housing; (c) receiving means for receiving the catheter in the housing; and (d) actuating means for hydraulically actuating the contraction or expansion of the obturator plenum, said actuating means including; (i) a manifold chamber within the housing in fluid communication with the catheter, said manifold chamber including at least two subchambers separated from each other, a fluid pathway subchamber adapted for fluid communication with the lumen of the catheter and the first entry means, and a hydraulic fluid subchamber in fluid communication with the obturator plenum;
said fluid pathway subchamber and said hydraulic fluid subchamber being expandable and contractible; and(ii) an amount of a hydraulic fluid effective to actuate the expansion and contraction of the obturator plenum, said fluid being adapted to be contained within the hydraulic fluid subchamber and the obturator plenum, and said amount of fluid being sufficient to allow the obturator to effectively block the lumen when the lumen is in its normal state and the obturator is expanded to its inflated state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An implantable intravascular access system comprising:
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(a) a flexible intravascular catheter including a lumen having a normal state and an expanded state, an obturator, and an obturator plenum having an inflated state and a contracted state, wherein the lumen can be closed or opened by hydraulically actuating the expansion or contraction of the obturator lumen, wherein the lumen is substantially blocked by the obturator such that substantially no fluid can pass through the lumen when the obturator plenum is expanded to its inflated state and the lumen is in its normal state; (b) a housing; (c) first entry means for entering the housing; (d) receiving means for receiving the catheter in the housing; and (e) actuating means for hydraulically actuating the contraction or expansion of the obturator plenum, said actuating means including; (i) a manifold chamber within the housing in fluid communication with the catheter, said manifold chamber including at least two subchambers separated from each other, a fluid pathway subchamber in fluid communication with the lumen of the catheter and the first entry means, and a hydraulic fluid subchamber in fluid communication with the obturator plenum;
said fluid pathway subchamber and said hydraulic fluid subchamber being expandable and contractable; and(ii) an amount of a hydraulic fluid effective to actuate the expansion and contraction of the obturator plenum, said fluid being contained in the hydraulic fluid subchamber and the obturator plenum, and said amount of fluid being sufficient to allow the obturator to effectively block the lumen when the lumen is in its normal state and the obturator plenum is expanded to its inflated state. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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